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Nhat Hanh Quotes - Page 25

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I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help, it is the concrete methods of practice.

I realize that many elements of the Buddhist teaching can be found in Christianity, Judaism, Islam. I think if Buddhism can help, it is the concrete methods of practice.

Buddhist, Teaching, Buddhism

Interview with Bob Abernethy, www.pbs.org. September 19, 2003.

You are a Buddha, and so is everyone else. I didn't make that up. It was the Buddha himself who said so. He said that all beings had the potential to become awakened. To practice walking meditation is to practice living in mindfulness. Mindfulness and enlightenment are one. Enlightenment leads to mindfulness and mindfulness leads to enlightenment.

Walking Meditation, Practice, Enlightenment

If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper? ?To be? is to inter-be. We cannot just be by ourselves alone. We have to inter-be with every other thing. This sheet of paper is, because everything else is.

Clouds, Oneness, Floating

To be or not to be is not the question. The question is whether you can transcend these notions.

Notion, Be Or Not To Be

Thich Nhat Hanh (2000). “Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers”, p.27, Penguin

In one sheet of paper, we see everything else, the cloud, the forest, the logger. I am, therefore you are. You are, therefore I am. That is the meaning of the word "interbeing." We interare.

Clouds, Unity, Paper

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.102, ReadHowYouWant.com

All violence is injustice. Responding to violence with violence is injustice, not only to the other person but also to oneself. Responding to violence with violence resolves nothing; it only escalates violence, anger and hatred. It is only with compassion that we can embrace and disintegrate violence. This is true in relationships between individuals as well as in relationships between nations.

Compassion, Hatred, Violence

Thich Nhat Hanh (2009). “Calming the Fearful Mind: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.111, ReadHowYouWant.com

We do not have to die to enter the kingdom of Heaven, In fact we have to be fully alive. When we are truly alive we see that the tree is part of Heaven and we are also part of Heaven. The whole universe is conspiring to reveal this to us. Peace is available and when we touch it everything becomes real. We become ourselves, fully alive in the present moment.

Real, Tree, Heaven

If you realize that the other person is a human being too, and you have exactly the same kind of spiritual path, and then the two can become good practitioners. This appears to be practical for both.

Spiritual, Two, Path

"Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Bell Hooks, www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

Doubt in my tradition is something that is very helpful. Because of doubt, you can thirst more and you will get a higher kind of proof.

Doubt, Helpful, Kind

If you really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile?

Way, Start The Day, Peace Is Every Step

Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.13, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

Peace in ourselves, peace in the world.

World

You must be completely awake in the present to enjoy the tea.

Tea, Enjoy, Awake

During the last 2,500 years in Buddhist monasteries, a system of seven practices of reconciliation has evolved. Although these techniques were formulated to settle disputes within the circle of monks, i think they might also be of use in our households and in our society.The first practice is Face-to-Face-Sitting.

Buddhist, Thinking, Years

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com

To make peace, our hearts must be at peace with the world.

Heart, World, Making Peace

Thich Nhat Hanh (1996). “Be Still and Know: Reflections from Living Buddha, Living Christ”, p.14, Penguin

Meditation is not to get out of society, to escape from society, but to prepare for a reentery into society.

Meditation, Action

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.53, ReadHowYouWant.com

There are two ways to wash the dishes. One way is to wash them to get them clean. The other way is to wash them in order to wash the dishes.

Peace, Order, Two

We must look deeply. When we buy something or consume something, we may be participating in an act of killing. This precept [non-killing] reflects our determination not to kill, either directly or indirectly, and also to prevent others from killing.

Determination, Animal, Looks

If things were not impermanent, life would not be possible.

Ifs

I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to support any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life

Buddhism, Thinking, Vegetarianism

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “For a Future to Be Possible: Easyread Edition”, p.6, ReadHowYouWant.com

Many of us worry about the situation of the world . . . We need to remain calm, to see clearly. Meditation is a means to be aware, and to try to help.

Inspirational, Mean, Worry

We have to understand in order to be of help. We all have pain, but we tend to suppress it, because we don't want it to come up to our living room. the most important thing is that we need to be understood. We need someone to be able to listen to us and to understand us, then we will suffer less, but everyone is suffering, and no one wants to listen. We don't know how to express ourselves so that people can understand. because we suffer so much, the way we express our pain hurts other people, and they don't want to listen.

Hurt, Pain, Order

With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

Order, Mindfulness, Wonder Of Life

"Oprah Talks to Thich Nhat Hanh". Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. March, 2010.

The therapist does not treat patients by simply giving them another set of beliefs. He or she tries to help them see which kinds of ideas and beliefs have led to their suffering. Many patients want to get rid of their painful feelings, but they do not want to get rid of their beliefs, the viewpoints that are the very roots of their feelings.

Painful Feelings, Ideas, Roots

Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself

Worry, Way, Daily Life

Thich Nhat Hanh (2000). “Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers”, p.50, Penguin

Breath is aligned with both body and mind and it alone can bring them together.

Mind, Together, Body

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